Stay With Me // ON HOLD

5

Emma

I run away. I don't care where I go, as long I'm alone. Kaylee and Josh embarrassed me infront of the entire school. I don't even understand what I did to piss them off.

I run to the handicapped bathroom and lock the door. I stand there for a few seconds, until my knees fail me. I collapse to the ground and start crying.
I couldn't remember what being ok felt like, if I had ever felt in the first place. I doubted whether I would ever be ok. No one ever cared about me.

"Emma?", I hear someone ask from behind the door. "Go away, you don't need to tell me how much of a failure I am. I already know," I answer back. "I'm here to help, I promise," the voice answers back.
I consider opening the door for a few seconds, "why should I let you in?," My voice breaks down in the middle of the sentence. "Just let me in, please," the voice answers back.

When I open the door, I see Troy standing infront of me, "I got Kaylee and Josh back for you." He has bruised cheeks and knuckles. 
"Oh my god", I whisper to myself. "What did you do?", I look at him with a frown.
" I got in a fight with josh, and I kind of almost killed him," he answers.
"Why did you do this? I mean, no one ever cares about my feelings or dares to stand up for me," I make eye contact with him," Why you?"

"Because, you were there for me when no one else was. This was kind of my way to thank you, I guess," he lets out a small laugh.
"Well thank you, but you should go now," I mutter. I didn't really want him to go, I wanted him to stay with me till night. I wanted to be in his arms till the day I take my last breathe, because that's the only place I would feel safe in.
"I'm not going, not yet", he smiles so wide that his lip corners were literally a few inches aways.Even though I've never experienced it, I now know what happy means.
We both stand there for a few moments until I start tearing up and collapse into Troy's arms. I feel his body wrap around me, we seemed to melt into each other. I close my eyes and all the noise in the room stops and I lose track of time. I felt safe and comfortable, like in a perfect dream. I feel like I haven't got anything to worry about and no fears, it was just a calm feeling.
Love is different for everybody so I won't ramble on, but love should be something youve never felt before. Ever. It's a new exciting experience of joy and confidence.
I've never experienced what being in love was, but with Troy, he made me feel what it was, and I loved him for that.
Well though I've experienced all types of sadness but no, trust me on this, true sadness is loving someone you knew would never be yours, and the only future I was dreaming about was with him.

We could be together, but Kaylee was the only barrier, and I knew it wouldn't be an easy one to get rid of.

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